The Repository of arts, literature, commerce, manufactures, fashions and politics (1809)
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834 · London : Published by R. Ackermann ... Sherwood & Co. and Walker & Co. ... and Simpkin & Marshall ... · leaf 96
erted place. That event, if it did \not restore it to its former opu- ■lence, at least prevented its utterdecav. By the various circum-stances of the revolutionary war,Ostend acquired a partial revival In the long line of coast fromthe Texel to Brest, there is notone good natural harbour ; for… … SOME ACCOUNT OF OSTEND. 73 PI- Jiiriiig dark nights, is very dan-f;erous. The other ports arc fac-titious tide harbours, dry at lowwater, and some o( these even athalf tide. Of these, Osieiid (whichword signilics East-purt) is amongthe best. The harbour of Ostend is formedliy a natural inlet of…
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